Laravel
The leading open-source PHP framework and ecosystem, with commercial products for cloud deployment, server management, observability, and serverless hosting.
About
Laravel is the leading open-source PHP web application framework. Founded in 2011 by Taylor Otwell and headquartered in Benton, Arkansas, the company is fully remote and raised a $57M Series A in 2024 led by Accel.
Beyond the framework with its 30+ packages (Cashier, Horizon, Octane, Scout, Reverb, etc.), Laravel operates commercial products including Laravel Cloud (auto-scaling deployment), Forge (server management), Nightwatch (observability), Nova (admin panels), and Vapor (serverless PHP hosting). The company is also building AI integration tools including Laravel MCP.
The core stack is PHP with frontend integration for React, Vue, and Svelte via Inertia.js, plus Livewire for server-driven UIs. Key technologies include Eloquent ORM, queue workers, event broadcasting, and WebSockets via Reverb.